Dead Snow

Has there ever been a better premise of a film?

Perhaps not.

In continuation of my new favorite activity, I have begun to find movies just coming out that are so very wonderful looking. Stand aside Planet Terror, there's new B's in town.

Lebowski Fest

Yes, I want to go to Lebowski Fest

And I wanna see this Doc.

Shit, I know that guy. He's a nihilist.

Away We Go?

Is Away We Go a hipster film?
Ya know, who the F' cares?

So if you don't know that I love Same Mendes' work, well, we haven't chatted movies. But this my good friends, is quite the departure for him. Instead of his usual study of the (depressing) nature of the American Middle Class (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, and in a way, Road to Perdition as well) , this film is more focused on the literal and metaphorical journey(s) of life.

I know, there's some gimmicky "indie" moments within (you can see most of them in the trailer), but this film isn't meant for indiedom, nor does it bank it's marketability on this idea (ala Juno).

It's just,

plain

good.

Sidenote: does anyone (perhaps everyone?) else think that Alexi Murdoch is like Nick Drake's alter ego(or at least trying to be)?

Alexi Murdoch

-All of My Days

Nick Drake

-Cello Song

Is that a good thing? Do you guys think Nick did it better? Do you think Murdoch is improving on him?

MJ=No Justice

Monster Robot is my hero

So I have a new favorite summer activity, watching the worst movies ever made.

It all began with Troll 2 (a wonderful little film) and has continued on with the most recent viewing being Monster Robot (1953). Do yourself a favor; take a break from the Coen/Scorsese/Godard films for a few days and watch an oldie. You won't regret it.

Oh, and most of these movies are public domain now, so don't bother spending money on em,

check it:

Robot Monster

Japanese Art

Japanese art is so silly.

That's all I have to say about that.

Christiano Ronaldo

So Christy Ronaldo is going to start at £183,000 a year, and finish his contract making £556,000 a year with his new club Real Madrid once the transfer is finalized (real Madrid has already paid Manchester United £80 million for the transfer alone). For those of us that aren't great at math, that's $902,388.27 a week; $46,924,190 a year.

Can I just be the one to say,

holy shit.

You could feed a small continent with that.

Hmmmm,

David Carradine's Death

I know many of you have heard that David Carradine has died.

But let's not remember him for his reported cause of death, let's remember him for a more glorious death; the Five Pointed Palm Exploding Heart Technique.

Because of the reported way he died, some church officials have been making statements that he is a "bad person".

But that just isn't right. I think that some of his 'last words' are appropriate here, in memory of David.

"You're not a bad person.

You're a terrific person.

You're my favorite person."

David, you are a terrific person.

In the Air Tonight

Because Mike Tyson made me laugh.

And because this cover is f'n bomb

Mykromag

A great web mag that I came across in my travels.

As with many fashion oriented magazines,

MYKROMAG is laid out out really nicely

and has some gorgeous photographs

and great design bio's.

It is a fashion magazine for designers.

And it is great.

It's worth checking out, you must.

Chiho Aoshima

Japanese Post-ModernismI love Pop Art

I love Japanesque things.

I love the Superflat.

Chiho Aoshima was part of Takashi Murakami's design collective and has created some beautiful and poignant works in the Superflat, Murakami's self-proclaimed art movement. If you've never heard of it, Superflat is a pop art movement that among other things, relates to the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture"(Murakami). Although Murakami started this movement in the early 2K's, Aoshima is doing gorgeous and important things in the art world.

Check out more of her work.

Ribbon Staircase

Freak'in awesome.I wanna buy a house,

so I can buy a new staircase.

I think I would go up and down them 500 times a day, just because they're that cool.

I mean they might not be great for small children or animals, but who needs those anyways?

Not when you have the coolest staircase in town.

The staircase was designed by the architecture firm HSH from Prague.

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Shamisen

If you're familiar at all with Japanese music you'll most likely recognize the sound of the Shamisen. A traditional Japanese instrument, this documentary seems to show some interesting new styles being played with this instrument. This is part of the upcoming documentary.

I'm not sure exactly when this documentary is coming out, but it seems really cool (hopefully they'll put some subtitles in the doc for us too).

If you wanna hear some more non-traditional Shamisen music check it out.

Glowing Fish

Yeah, I want a genetically mutated glowing neon elecro fish.

That's all I have to say about that.

Adventureland

Ok, I realize I'm a little late on the uptake (considering it came out in April), but Adventureland is an F'ing fun film.

Basically, what Juno still wishes it was.

Fun, relatable, and somewhat nostalgic which is weird because the main character is about my age, going through the "end of undergrad now what?" deal (a welcome departure from the 25 year old actor playing a 15 year old kid in high school doing things that noone that age ever really did, and then trying to convince us that it relates to us and we should 'miss those good times').

I would put a link to a trailer, but the trailer makes it look stupid. So instead, I'll just link this. Watch the movie, you'll laugh.